El Chaval de la Bachata- Sufriendo Una Pena
This is one of my favorites.I love the music, its got just the right amount of swing and his voice is dripping with pathos, enough bitterness to cut through the sap.
“Estoy sufriendo una pena que esta acabando conmigo, que mi mujer se me fue y no se donde habra ido.”
Sufriendo Una Pena
En Vivo
Hey, did you forget its Friki Friday?
A Random selection of stuff I’ve encountered on my rescued hard drive.
MAMBO!!!
Dejen Esos Perros- Pena Suazo
Dame CACHIMBO!!!
Tu Muere Aqui-Pena Suazo
Mambo! Coro!
Nelson de la Olla (La Banda Chula)
Grupo Mattizz- Todo Se Lo Doy
I cant find Sufro Por Ella online so till it makes it’s way to Youtube somehow, ya get the other one.
Jay Z- Can I [...]
Y Sigue Karis!!!!
A blast from the past! Grupo Karis made yet another comeback in ‘07 with Los 4 Fantasticos. Its good to see them back on the scene. Interestingly enough I don’t find merengue bomba at all dated, it doesn’t sound like old 80’s and 90’s music to me. Most of the merengueros I know are [...]
Angel Canales- El Diferente
I love the idiosyncratic style of Angel Canales. Suprisingly, I don’t have much else to say right now. So- Angel Canales y’all.
Perico Macona- A favorite of mine.
Lejos de Ti- A classic. “aiiiiiiii potorrrrooooooo….”
Nostalgia- Beautiful. Check that trumpet. I’m swooning.
Bailando Salsa en Colombia
Ah, salsa colombiano. I love the swing and precision of many Colombian salsa groups. And sometimes I get tired of all the turn patterns and going in circles and want to do a little more footwork, a little more partnering. Yes, I know, its heresy. But I do not like turn patterns, it is fun [...]
Reggaeton Video Notes
Watched some videos with my 12 year old after I spent a few hours thinking about the music I like and the dances I do and how my age, race, gender and social class affect what I do and do not do. It w as just a coincidence that when I got to the house, [...]
